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CPCCOEt is a drug used in scientific research, which acts as a non-competitive
antagonist An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, riv ...
at the
metabotropic glutamate receptor The metabotropic glutamate receptors, or mGluRs, are a type of glutamate receptor that are active through an indirect metabotropic process. They are members of the group C family of G-protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs. Like all glutamate rece ...
subtype mGluR1, with high selectivity although only moderate
binding affinity In biochemistry and pharmacology, a ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose. The etymology stems from ''ligare'', which means 'to bind'. In protein-ligand binding, the ligand is usually a mol ...
. It is used mainly in basic research into the function of the mGluR1 receptor, including the study of behavioural effects in animals including effects on memory and addiction.


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PHCCC PHCCC is a research drug which acts as a glutamate receptor ligand, particularly being a positive allosteric modulator at the mGluR4 subtype, as well as an agonist at mGluR6. It has anxiolytic effects in animal studies. PHCCC and similar drugs h ...


References

MGlu1 receptor antagonists Benzopyrans Ethyl esters Cyclopropanes Ketoximes {{nervous-system-drug-stub